'Comfort woman' statue installed on resort island Boracay
By Jung Min-hoThe memorial statue for victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery on the resort island of Boracay in the Philippines. Nelia Sancho's FacebookA memorial statue for “comfort women,” the victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery, has been installed on the Philippines resort island of Boracay.Human rights activist Nelia Sancho, 64, reportedly set up the bronze statue of two women at her property in Barangay Caticlan.Sancho, a coordinator of the International Solidarity Council for Redress, said she decided to do so after similar statues in Manila and San Pedro were recently removed following protests from the Japanese government.“We plan to invite schools and universities in Panay to visit the statue,” Sancho was quoted as saying by the Inquirer.She said she also plans to set up a memorabilia center near the statue to help visitors learn more about the plight of comfort women.Sancho criticized the Philippines government for “kowtowing” to Tokyo.“The lolas (grandmothers) are dying and we didn't want the issue to die with them,”
